Top lawyers vow that they will not help facilitate new fossil fuel projects

Cecilia Keating
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Top lawyers vow that they will not help facilitate new fossil fuel projects

Bar Council warns move undermines legal profession and lawyers' responsibility to take on all legal cases

More than 120 of the UK's top lawyers have put themselves at risk of disciplinary action, after declaring they will no longer will work with companies embarking on new fossil fuel projects or prosecute...

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